COLUMBIA, S.C. – Columbia men's tennis picked up 10 total wins over three days at the Carolina Classic hosted by South Carolina at the Carolina Tennis Center. Highlighting the strong weekend was the play from doubles partners
Sachin Palta and
Thanaphat Boosarawongse, who captured the doubles title in the top flight.
Newcomers
Jakub Katuch and
Aditya Govila made their Columbia debuts over the weekend. Govila earned his first collegiate singles victory with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Oliver Narbut in the quarterfinals of the West Flight.
Katuch, a sophomore, picked up his first win for the Lions with a straight-sets victory over Georgia's Cooper Johnson in the semifinals of the west flight on Saturday.
The duo also teamed up in the B-Flight of doubles play, but fell 8-3 to South Carolina's Atakhan Karahan and Cole Henceroth.
Palta began his senior season by advancing to the finals of the Flight 2 west bracket. He opened the tournament with a pair of straight-set wins over South Carolina's Cole Henceroth in the round of 16 and NC State's Noah Gabriel 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
On Saturday, in the semifinals, he defeated South Carolina's Paul Barbier 7-6(7-5), 6-4 to advance to the finals, where he fell to Noah Johnston of Georgia 6-2, 6-3.
The tournament concluded on Sunday with Palta and Boosarawongse capturing the doubles title with an 8-1 win over NC State's Noah Gabriel and Cody Benton.
The Lions' busy week continues on Wednesday when
Nicolas Kotzen competes in the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Ok. Later in the week, the Lions will also travel to New Haven, Conn., to participate in the Yale Invitational.
DAY 1 RESULTS
SINGLES
FLIGHT 1 - East
16 Max Stenzer (SC) def. Aditya Govila (COL), 6-2, 6-2
16 Iliyas Maratuly (SCSU) def. Jakub Katuch (COL) 7-6(7-2), 0-6, 3-6
FLIGHT 1 - West
QF Aditya Govila (COL) def. Oliver Narbut (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
FLIGHT 2 - West
16 Sachin Palta (COL) def. Cole Henceroth (SC), 7-5, 1-0 ret.
16 Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Kase Schinnerer (UNC), 6-4, 7-6(8-6), 5-5, ret.
QF Sachin Palta (COL) def. Noah Gabriel (NC State) def. 6-2, 7-5
QF Atakan Karahan (SC) def. Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) 6-2, 6-3
DAY 2 RESULTS
SINGLES
FLIGHT 1 - West
SF Cody Benton (NCSU) def. Aditya Govila (COL) 6-4, 6-4
SF Jakub Katuch (COL) def. Cooper Johnson (UGA) 6-4, 7-6(7-3)
FLIGHT 2 - West
SF Sachin Palta (COL) def. Paul Barbier Gazeu (SC) 7-6(7-5), 6-4
FLIGHT 2 - North
SF Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Nicolas Oliveira (UCF) 6-3, 7-5
DOUBLES
FLIGHT A - East
QF Sachin Palta/Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Mikalai Bankou/Iliyas Maratuly (SCSU) 8-3
SF Sachin Palta/T. Boosarawongse (COL) def. Nicolas Mangiapane/Oliver Narbut (UNC), 8-4
FLIGHT B - East
QF Atakhan Karahan/Cole Henceroth (USC) def. Jakub Katuch/Aditya Govila (COL), 8-3
DAY 3 RESULTS
SINGLES
FLIGHT 2 - East
F Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Sachin Palta (COL), 6-2, 6-3
FLIGHT 1 - Southwest
F Cooper Johnson (UGA) def. Aditya Govila (COL), 6-4, 6-4
DOUBLES
FLIGHT A - East
F Sachin Palta/Thanphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Noah Gabriel/Cody Benton (NCSU), 8-1
FLIGHT B - West
F Ian Mayhew/Kase Schinnerer (UNC) def. Jakub Katuch/Aditya Govila (COL) 8-4
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